Timothy Zahn

See also: Zahn

Timothy Zahn (born on September 1st 1951) is a novelist of Science-fiction. He is more known for a trilogy of books of the series of the Star Wars which take place several years after the end of the Retour of Jedi . These books open the way with a flood of new novels and new collections in the universe of the Star Wars by authors such as Kevin J. Anderson and Michael A. Stackpole.

The work of Zahn was not limited to Star Wars . He wrote popular the Trilogie of the Conquerors , about a war between the human ones and an extraterrestrial species which has spaceships apparently indestructibles and being able to remain in the form of spirit after death. He also wrote news; he gained a Hugo Award in 1984 for his news Cascade Not .

Biography

Timothy Zahn was born with Chicago, Illinois. It followed courses to the Université of State of Michigan, obtaining a license in Physical science in 1973. It continued then its studies at the university of Illinois and obtained M.Sc in physics in 1975. While it prepared a doctorate in physics, its reader is falls ill, and Zahn forever which been able to finish. In 1975, it had started to write science fiction like pastime, and became a professional author. He is married in Anna, and they live in Oregon.

Style of Zahn

The characters of Zahn are remarkable to reconstitute an image of the events starting from various information, and to draw a line of action from it. Sometimes, they have a correct image based on very few facts, and other times that they make incorrect claims but create a good plan in any event. The Lord High Admiral Thrawn is, perhaps, the most outstanding example. The books of the series the Star Wars of Zahn also usually concentrate on a certain group of characters: Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade, Heel Karrde, Jorj Car' das, Lord High Admiral Thrawn and the species of Chiss. As in the original trilogy of the Star Wars , all the books of the Trilogy of Thrawn and the Hand of Thrawn start with a sight of a Star Destroyer. Zahn tends to concentrate more on the thoughts of its characters rather than their feelings.

The books of Zahn are often described like “rapid and involving”. For example, it tends to develop events only according to the needs for the intrigue. A mark of its work is its leaning for the Word game. For example, in the trilogy of Thrawn, the name “Thrawn” comes from a meaning word “twisted” and the names of two pets (“Sturm” and “Drang”) come from a romantic movement. There exist certain structures of sentence which are specific of Zahn. If one takes the example of the first series of the Star Wars (and particularly the second), his interrogative use of sentence with `' What''. It is to expose the intrigue in a way interesting but however credible. It will have a character say " quoi" and it will introduce its creation then.

Works

Novels of Star Wars

The trilogy of Thrawn: The black crusade of insane Jedi

The hand of Thrawn

  • the spectrum of last the ( Specter off the Past 1998) ISBN 2265077941

  • Vision of the future ( Future Vision off the 1999) ISBN 2265077933

Other novels of the War of the étoiles'

  • … ( Mara Jade: By the Emperor' S Hand - has graphic Novell 1999)

  • a question of survival ( Survivor' S Quest 2004) ISBN 2258066263
  • … ( Outbound Flight 2006)
  • … ( Allegiance Publication in 2007)

Trilogy of the Conqueror

  • the pride of the conqueror ( Conquerors' Pride 1994) ISBN 2266076043

  • the blood of the conqueror ( Conquerors' Heritage 1995)
  • the heritage of the conqueror ( Conquerors' Legacy 1996)

Series Cobra

  • Cobra (1986)

  • Cobra Strike
  • Cobra Bargain (1988)

The first two books were also published in a compilation under the title Cobras Two in 1992. A compilation taking again the 3 was published in 2004 pennies the title Cobra Trilogy .

Blackcollar series

  • The Blackcollar (1983)

  • The Backlash Mission (1986)
  • The Judas Solution (May 2006 publication)

The Blackcollar and The Backlash Mission was compiled in a novel under the title of Blackcollar in 2006

Dragonback series

  • Dragon and Thief (2003)

  • Dragon and Soldier (2004)
  • Slavic Dragon and (2005)
  • Dragon and Herdsman (in May 2006 publication)

Other novels

  • The Firebird (1979)
  • has Coming off Old (1985)
  • Triplet (1987)
  • Spinneret (1985)
  • Deadman Switch (1988)
  • War Horse (1990)
  • The Icarus Hunt (1999)
  • Angelmass (2001)
  • Manta' S Gift (2002)
  • Green and the Gray (2004)
  • Night Train to Rigel (2005)

Collections

  • Cascade Not and Other Stories (1986)
  • Time Bomb and Zahndry Others (1988)
  • Distant Friends and Other Stories (1992)
  • Star Song and Other Stories (2002)

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